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Metabolism, Diet and Disease
BioMed Central held its first conference on Metabolism, Diet and Disease in Washington DC from 29-31 May 2012.

The aim of the conference was to show how basic research on the biochemistry, cell biology and genetics of metabolism could address the major health problems of cancer, obesity, diabetes and insulin resistance, and explain ageing and longevity.

Contributions from nutritionists and epidemiologists were included, with a panel discussion focused on the connection between cancer and obesity and what we can do about it – both by understanding the link and by tackling obesity with scientifically informed strategies.

Conference-related publications:

·         A video of the panel discussion from the conference can be viewed by clicking here.

·         Thematic article series - Metabolism, diet and disease

·         Cross-journal article collection - Nutrition and metabolism in health and disease

·         Meeting abstracts

	Richard Bergman, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA		Michael S. Brown, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
	Lewis Cantley, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, USA		Joseph L. Goldstein, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
	Leonard Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA		Stephen Hursting, University of Texas and MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
	Michael Pollak, McGill University and Jewish General Hospital, Canada		Craig Thompson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA

	Rafael de Cabo, National Institute on Aging, NIH, USA		Christine Ferguson, The George Washington University, USA
	Jeffrey Friedman, The Rockefeller University, USA		Marcia Haigis, Harvard Medical School, USA
	Grahame Hardie, University of Dundee, UK		Rudolf Kaaks, German Cancer Research Center, Germany
	Barbara Kahn, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, USA		Mitchell Lazar, University of Pennsylvania, USA
	David Mangelsdorf, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA		Raul Mostoslavsky, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
	Linda Nebeling, National Cancer Institute, USA		Christopher Newgard, Duke University Medical Center, USA
	Gregory Petsko, Weill Cornell Medical College and Brandeis University, USA		David Sabatini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
	Bruce Spiegelman, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA		Luc Tappy, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
	Gary Taubes, Independent Investigator, University of California Berkeley, USA		Jeff Volek, University of Connecticut, USA
	Eric Westman, Duke University Medical Center, USA

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